BigMachines - Forbes.com Best of the Web Winner - Industrial Equipment Category
The B2B race is off, and just out of the starting gate are more than 1,000 Web Marketplaces that have been announced in the past year or so. Our editors have conferred with industry experts to come up with a handicapping of B2B companies. The result is 200 of the most promising B2Bs in each of 25 industries. Each company was judged on its strategy, its execution, its financial staying power and its Web site.
About BigMachines, Inc. Chief Executive Officer: Godard Abel
Chief Technology Officer: Christopher Shutts Clients include: U.S. Filter, Lightnin (a division of SPX Corp.), Crane Pumps & Systems, Plenty, A.R. Wilfley Description: BigMachines provides technology for automating and configuration of industrial machinery. Users can select, configure and buy machinery. BigMachines provides efficient transaction mechanisms, such as quotes, direct orders and request for quote processes.
“Each company was judged on its strategy, its execution, its financial staying power and its website."
